Holder for hitching-weights.



UNITED STATES Patented March 8,1904.

GEORGE M'. AEREE, OE WOEOESTEE, MASSACHUSETTS.

HOLDER FOR HlTCHlNG-WEIGHTS.

SPEOIFIonTIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 753,835, dated March8,1904. Application and June 22,1903. Seriate. 132,487. (Nomodel.) l

To wl whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. ALBEE, a citizenof the United States,residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State ofMassachusetts, have invented anew and useful Holder forHitohing-Weights, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relatesV to horse hitching weights which are used fortemporarily hitching horses; and the especial object of this inventionis to provide a mat or holderV for aof this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of ahitch-weight resting in a mat or holder constructed according to thisinvention; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view, partially in section, ofthe holder.

The use of an ordinary hitch-weight, which has heretofore been thrownback under the seat of a vehicle when not in use, I have found to beexceedingly objectionable, as "after a hitch-weight has been in use forsome time the bottom of the hitch-Weight becomes quite smooth orpolished, so that the hitch-weight will Slide aroundin the bottom of thevehicle, slipping back to the rear of the vehicle when going uphill andfrequently sliding forward when going downhill. This rattling orshifting about of the hitch-weight under a vehicleseat is not onlyobjectionable for the reason that it jams and injures the vehicle-body,but is also objectionable for the reason that a driver desiring to usethe hitch-weight is obliged to hunt around in the bottom ofthe vehicleto find the same. In fact, to take out a hitchweight from an ordinarybuggy or similar carriage the driver is sometimes required to go aroundto the back of the carriage, and instances have been known where runawayaccidents have happened when a driver has ters Patent of the'UnitedStates, is-

left the head of a horse to look for his hitchweight. l

l The especial object of my present invention is to provide a holder forreceiving and holding a hitch-weight, so that it will protect thevehicle-body and will also prevent the weight from slipping or slidingabout under the seat.`

In practice a hitch-weight holder constructed according to thisinvention comprises a disk-shaped leather mat or body portion with aleather beading or rim stitched onto the up- 6o per )surface thereof toform a pocket corresponding substantially to the outline of thehitch-weight which is to be deposited therein. In some cases the bodyportion is provided with a pin or spur for positively fastening the 6 5holder.- in place in the vehicle-body, although in practice I have foundthat a leather holder will usually have sufficient friction to preventit from shifting or moving about in the vehicle.

Referring to the drawings and in detail, the 7o hitch-weight W (shown inFig. 1) is substantially of the ordinary form, with a recess in itsupper'face having a cross-bar 10, to which the strap 11 is secured.

My holder or mat, in-which the hitch-weight .maybe placed, comprisesa'disk-shaped or flat body portion 12, usually of leather, and a rim orbinding 13, which is fastened thereon by a line of stitchesll, whichpass .both through the rim and body portion.

Secured in thecenter of the mat or body portion 12, as vshown in Fig. 2,is a fastening spur or pin 15.

I am aware that changes may be made in the construction rof myhitch-Weight holder by thosewho are skilled in the art-such, for eX-ample, as the manufacture of the same from rubber or other materialsinstead of leather.

I do not wish, therefore, to be limited to the construction I haveherein shown and described; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Liet- 1. As an article ofmanufacture, a hitch-v weight holder comprising a leather disk, and i aleather binding or rim secured onto4 the face lof the disk aroundthemargin thereof andA forming a socket for receiving a hitch-weight.

2. As an article of manufacture, a hitch- In testimony whereof I havehereunto set Weight holder comprising a leather disk or my hand 4in thepresence of two subscribing` mat, a rim or binding of leather stitchedonto Witnesses.

the upper face of the disk by stitches eXtend- GEORGE M. ALBEE. 5 ingboth through the rirn and body portion, Witnesses:

and a holding spur or pin secured in the body PHILIP W. SOUTHGATE,

portion J. ELMER HALL.

